Pokémon Typing Adventure Announced for DS

Satoru Shibata's European Nintendo Direct broadcast had a few moments of charm and Nintendo quirkiness, none more so than the announcement of Pokémon Typing Adventure for DS, which arrives in September. It's Pokémon played by typing, just what we all expected.

It will come bundled with a rather sleek wireless keyboard — which we assume will also work with 3DS — and the game footage showed Pokémon creatures running and avoiding objects, with the player typing prompted words as quickly and as accurately as possible. In part designed for children learning to type, the trailer did show a grown-up having a jolly time, with Shibata saying that it'll feature plenty of challenges for more experienced gamers.

In fairness, it could be the most fun way to learn typing that's ever been conceived: we'll keep our eyes peeled for any North American release details.

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Didn't think this would happen (which would have been stupid as this game is guaranteed to print money), but I'm so glad that it is. Hopefully the keyboard will also be compatible with other hardware (assuming that it operates on bluetooth like the Japanese version).

Sure, Sure. I just have one question. What exactly is the DS supposed to floating on? Are we supposed to provide our own stand? Because I wouldnt want to have to prop a flower pot up behind my DS every time I wanted to play.

@ChunkyDroid That makes sense Ironically, I play my 3DS mostly at home anyway, so it wouldn't be a problem for me. The fact that it is compatible with all bluetooth devices is interesting though. The DS and 3DS aren't bluetooth, so it is like they are making this for other devices... I still hope it's compatible with Animal Crossing though!

For a while, I thought NintendoLife uploaded old news by accident.I needed to read more to see that the system was going to be releaed in Europe....just when I was about to buy a Nipponese version for the Bluetooth keyboad for my tablet...

@C-Olimar I've ridden that it works with a bluetooth thingy in the game card, at least it does in Japan, so I think it isn't going to work with that I also think that this one isnt going to mean a lot of fun for me, because I can already type fast and that can become boring after a while

Hey, I read the mandatory "Typing of the Dead" mention in the comments, so it will be up to me to make the one for "Mario Teaches Typing", which would mark the first time Pikachu makes something good and useful for kids everywhere. Parents' wallets could even justify just one more Pokémon game for their kids.

As others have mentioned, it would be great if this is compatible with the web browser on both DS and 3DS. You can already plug an USB keyboard to your Wii anyway.